THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fortis

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

Never forget.

Semper Fortis

Dear Lcdr Roger Meyers, Thank you for your service as an Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot on the USS HANCOCK. You are still MIA. Please come home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is another autumn. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Be at peace.

LCDR Roger A. Meyers was an A-4E Skyhawk pilot from Navy Attack Squadron 164 (VA-164), Attack Carrier Air Wing Twenty-one (CVW-21), aboard the USS Hancock (CVA 19). On the night of February 9, 1969, LCDR Meyers was preparing to launch on an attack strike mission into North Vietnam in his Skyhawk. During the catapult launch, the aircraft’s nose gear collapsed and the jet crashed into the sea. Search and rescue helicopters and boats were on the scene within minutes, but were unable to find the pilot. Meyers was listed in a casualty status of Killed/Body Not Recovered. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and pownetwork.org]